Mykonos Windmills

ATHENS TRAVELOGUE

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December 24th 2009
Well folks I finally got around to writing the next installment of my travel blog on Greece albeit I have been to Mykonos, got over the flu, back to London, now batching it in Amsterdam and now Berlin........So I am going to preface with something I read in a mag on the ferry over to Amsterdam (utter luxury just quietly and only $77 incl cabin!)..... 'There are no foriegn lands it is the traveller ... read more

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more